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At the Battle of Pteria (Ancient Greek: Πτερία) in 547 BC, the Persian forces of Cyrus the Great fought a drawn battle with the invading Lydian forces of Croesus, forcing Croesus to withdraw back west into his own kingdom.

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  • At the Battle of Pteria (Ancient Greek: Πτερία) in 547 BC, the Persian forces of Cyrus the Great fought a drawn battle with the invading Lydian forces of Croesus, forcing Croesus to withdraw back west into his own kingdom.
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  • Battle of Pteria
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  • Heavy2
combatant
  • Achaemenid Empire
  • Arabian mercenaries,
  • Babylonian mercenaries,
  • Greek mercenaries
  • Lydian Empire,
commander
is part of military conflict
notes
  • 2 "[...]upon both sides the number of the slain was great; nor had victory declared in favour of either party,[...]"
  • 1Herodotusstates that the Lydian forces "fell very short of the enemy."
place of military conflict
result
  • StrategicPersianvictory.
  • Tacticalstalemate;
strength
  • 20,000
  • 95,000
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